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Jurassic top predator Arkhane is the special guest at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Nanosaurus probably was its late-night snack. Fossils of this small herbivorous dinosaur are rare, especially skulls. Watch how we reconstructed a squashed Nanosaurus skull! 1st episode: Who's Arkhane? https://youtu.be/XGwXiW-6xpE 2nd episode: Too young to die! https://youtu.be/ZgUgAdlcJTE 3rd episode: Weightwatching for dinosaurs: https://youtu.be/4LXyjA0csdU https://www.naturalsciences.be Production: Stéphane Van Israel, Siska Van Parys and Reinout Verbeke at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS) . Special thanks to Pascal Godefroit, Aldo Impens, Jonica Dos Remedios, Jonathan Brecko and Stijn Pardon.

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Five of the Best Archaeological Discoveries Of The Last Decade

Five of the Best Archaeological Discoveries Of The Last Decade

3. The Youngest Known Mummy

❝ In the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, sits a small cedar coffin that was unearthed in 1907. The coffin dates back almost 2,500 years, from the Egyptian Late Period, between 664 and 525 B.C. Until last year, museum curators believed the coffin was too small to hold anything but the mummified organs of a deceased individual.

That is, until a micro CT scan…

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Pic of the day

Pic of the day

Click to enlarge — The Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London X-ray micro-CT scan of a hammerhead shark head. Reminds me of a copper in West Virginia who stopped me in a speed trap. Thanks, Ursarodinia

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